Yes. And it would have passed. That had a bunch of Republican support, not just one or two senators.
Trump banned bump stocks.
Trump did the Jab and pushed some of the biggest losses of freedom on the American people by encouraging lockdowns.
I have very little faith in the GOP politicians, with some notable exceptions.
Well, then you'll keep getting the knife, and never have any power. Your politicians are rarely different, so why should I give a what foot the boot is on?
It's still grinding my face into the dirt, so I might as well raise a middle finger instead of asking daddy government to swap boots for the day.
Man, I'm not fond of Libertarians in general but Republicans aren't simply entitled to their vote any more than Biden's entitled to the black vote, and pretending it's something they're owed rather than something to be earned isn't a winning strategy.
Constantly voting against you own interests and then deluding yourself that it was alright just because it was the smallest evil. Disgusting.
Eh, fair enough, they're also not entitled to your approval so carry on.Oh, I agree that the Republicans aren't owed any votes, if you don't think the Republican candidate isn't worth your vote, don't vote.
What I object to deciding to vote anyway, and then purposefully throwing the race the side you like the least to punish the one closer to you, because you want to force the closer side to get closer to you. Because that's just stupid and counter productive, if you want the Republicans on your side, turning on them when they needed you us not going to do that, it's going to cement you as an unreliable element.
There are two scenarios here:
"Thanks to libertarians, we took the senate"
"Thanks to libertarians, we lost the senate"
I think that assuming that the Republicans will be more favorable to you in scenario B is insane.
Lol, no you have 5 options, actually.You have 3 choices:
1. Don't vote
2. Lesser evil
3. Greater evil
If you knowingly go for opition 3, don't act surprised when people are pissed at you.
Assuming there even is a next time.No, the responsibility for a shit candidate losing lies with the shit candidate and those who nominated him. Do better next time.
Rich Baris "The People's Pundit"
@Peoples_Pundit
This is the correct take. The REPs can dump Trump and all they'll do is lose more working class votes than they lost last night. It's the terrible campaign advisors leadership makes candidates like Gibbs and others hire to get help who drive them into the ground.
Raheem J. Kassam
@RaheemKassam
Getting texts from MAGA coattail riders who are now flipping on Trump. Same people who backed Cruz etc in 2016. They don’t get it. This poor performance reveals McCarthy, McConnell, and McDaniel need ousting. Trump didn’t run these campaigns. They did. Appallingly.
To be honest, I'm also tired of the constant whining that libertarians should be the ones to compromise, and I can just as easily throw that accusation back in the face of Republicans. How about Republicans be the ones to compromise?Man, I'm not fond of Libertarians in general but Republicans aren't simply entitled to their vote any more than Biden's entitled to the black vote, and pretending it's something they're owed rather than something to be earned isn't a winning strategy.
Lol, no you have 5 options, actually.
Don't vote, vote independent, vote uniparty branch #1, vote uniparty branch #2, run yourself.
Until you can stop self-deluding about what the "lesser evil" actually is, you will never escape this hellscape built around us all.
How about Republicans be the ones to compromise?
In a mature FPTP environment, voting third party is functionally similar to not voting. If voting for one of the uniparty branches isn't the lesser evil, fine, but don't whine about the lesser evil being un-fun to vote for. Also, "run yourself" is a subset of your I/UB1/UB2 options. There, I've reduced the options back down to 3.Lol, no you have 5 options, actually.
Don't vote, vote independent, vote uniparty branch #1, vote uniparty branch #2, run yourself.
Until you can stop self-deluding about what the "lesser evil" actually is, you will never escape this hellscape built around us all.
There is no such thing as "the uniparty", and running yourself and voting independent are just votes for the democrats.
That's 100% the wrong take. In competitive districts, Trump's candidate's regularly lost, sticking with Trump is a lower strategy.
What this twit wrongly assumes is there are two choices, Trump and McConnell. There aren't. You can break from the establishment and win, DeSantis did. You just can't stick to Trump.
Thank you!Lmao this dood really thinks the Uniparty isn't real. May I remind you Liz Cheney literally got DNC help to run re-election?
As for the second point, did Trump actually choose the candidates or did he just endorse them? Trump doesn't run the GOP. People like Oz wouldn't have made it to being the main candidate if he did.
Ron DeSantis is a strong contender to follow up on Trump, but dumping the Don now is a stupid idea.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! A few were, but a bunch locked down. With Trumps Support!The lockdowns are an even dumber point, because Republicans were the anti-lockdown party.
Both parties mostly believe that, the Dems are just honest on it.But you have more faith in the "more federal power is always the answer" party?
They aren't 80% on my side though. They aren't 40% on my side. Neither side will do anything I like, and both will do shit I hate. Just different shit I hate."Well, I could support the side that's 80% similar to me, but I wish they were 90% on my side so I'll swing thing toward the guys that are 40% on my side". This is why no one likes your side, because you refuse to just join one of the big tents and get your wants incorporated into the platform, you just stand outside throwing molatives at the tent.
There will be. Look, this struggle against wokeness will take a long time, and you will take a lot of losses. Doesn't mean you won't win.Assuming there even is a next time.
I've not acted like the GOP is the greater evil. Most of it is equally evil, some of it is good. I'll vote for the good, not for the evil.@Battlegrinder and @Abhorsen however need to realize neither the hardcore AnCap platform, nor the hardcore GOP platform, are going to survive the progressive insanity uunless we find a way to work together.
@Abhorsen I am going to say this loud and clear; stop gloating, start building birdges, and stop acting like the GOP is the greater evil. Otherwise parts of the GOP may just decide to drag lolbert's to hell with them, if the Dems destroy this nation.
A lot actually. Removing troops from Afghanistan gets a lot of criticism for just pulling the troops out, not just for the methodology. Same with Iraq.Compromise on what? Gay marriage and weed? That's already happening. Foreign policy? How many people are still saying that Iraq and Afghanistan were handled correctly?
Yeah, I reported that a bit upthread, but honestly I'm warming up to this. Dead people historically have caused no wars and committed no atrocities, really all the problems we've ever seen have been caused by living leaders.So, Pennsylvania voted for a guy who died last month.
Jesus Christ, Democrats are fucking morons.